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maj
Jan 14, 2012, 9:23:03 AM1/14/12
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Television recently broadcast two, two hour specials of the
Terry Pratchett books, Going Postal & Hogfather. Going Postal
I enjoyed but Hogfather I turned of after fourty-five minutes.
That leaves me wondering if either of the two specials was a
fair adaption of Pratchett's books or not.
Would some well read person please give me an opinion on this.
maj
Terry Pratchett books, Going Postal & Hogfather. Going Postal
I enjoyed but Hogfather I turned of after fourty-five minutes.
That leaves me wondering if either of the two specials was a
fair adaption of Pratchett's books or not.
Would some well read person please give me an opinion on this.
maj
David DeLaney
Jan 14, 2012, 10:18:46 AM1/14/12
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I do know that I think Hogfather is a better book of his than Going Postal is,
though both are excellent.
Dave
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Nicolas George
Jan 14, 2012, 2:50:15 PM1/14/12
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maj , dans le message
<330c6259-c9fc-426d...@a8g2000pbi.googlegroups.com>, a
écrit :
and an half each, so rather nearer three hours than two, unless your channel
butchered them.
They are both quite fair adaptations, but you should note that Hogfather
came first, so it is normal for it to be less ironed out than the next ones.
Also, Hogfather is more closely related to the inherent logic of the
Discworld Universe, and as such much harder to adapt.
<330c6259-c9fc-426d...@a8g2000pbi.googlegroups.com>, a
écrit :
> Television recently broadcast two, two hour specials of the
> Terry Pratchett books, Going Postal & Hogfather. Going Postal
> I enjoyed but Hogfather I turned of after fourty-five minutes.
>
> That leaves me wondering if either of the two specials was a
> fair adaption of Pratchett's books or not.
If you mean the films for TV by Jean Vadim, they were rather twice one hour
> Terry Pratchett books, Going Postal & Hogfather. Going Postal
> I enjoyed but Hogfather I turned of after fourty-five minutes.
>
> That leaves me wondering if either of the two specials was a
> fair adaption of Pratchett's books or not.
and an half each, so rather nearer three hours than two, unless your channel
butchered them.
They are both quite fair adaptations, but you should note that Hogfather
came first, so it is normal for it to be less ironed out than the next ones.
Also, Hogfather is more closely related to the inherent logic of the
Discworld Universe, and as such much harder to adapt.
maj
Jan 15, 2012, 6:55:16 AM1/15/12
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> <330c6259-c9fc-426d-95eb-254f7b7a1...@a8g2000pbi.googlegroups.com>, a
No commercial adverts & nothing to interupt a prog.
If Going Postal is a fair adaption as you say then I may read some of
the
books when WOT finishes. Thanks.
maj
Nicolas George wrote:
If you mean the films for TV by Jean Vadim, they were rather twice one
hour
and an half each, so rather nearer three hours than two, unless your
channel
butchered them.
The channel I watched was ABC an Australian government owned channel.
If you mean the films for TV by Jean Vadim, they were rather twice one
hour
and an half each, so rather nearer three hours than two, unless your
channel
butchered them.
No commercial adverts & nothing to interupt a prog.
If Going Postal is a fair adaption as you say then I may read some of
the
books when WOT finishes. Thanks.
maj
Chucky & Janica
Jan 18, 2012, 3:24:35 AM1/18/12
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On Sat, 14 Jan 2012 06:23:03 -0800 (PST), maj <maj1...@dodo.com.au>
wrote:
>Television recently broadcast two, two hour specials of the
>Terry Pratchett books, Going Postal & Hogfather. Going Postal
>I enjoyed but Hogfather I turned of after fourty-five minutes.
Funny, I preferred Hogfather.
There's also an adaptation of The Colour of Magic and The Light
Fantastic that was pretty good.
>That leaves me wondering if either of the two specials was a
>fair adaption of Pratchett's books or not.
Pretty fair, all things considered. Missed a few things, but how can
you show Bloody Stupid Johnson's invention of a circle where pi is
exactly 3, on television?
>Would some well read person please give me an opinion on this.
Oh, read this bit last. Do I count?
C&J
wrote:
>Television recently broadcast two, two hour specials of the
>Terry Pratchett books, Going Postal & Hogfather. Going Postal
>I enjoyed but Hogfather I turned of after fourty-five minutes.
There's also an adaptation of The Colour of Magic and The Light
Fantastic that was pretty good.
>That leaves me wondering if either of the two specials was a
>fair adaption of Pratchett's books or not.
you show Bloody Stupid Johnson's invention of a circle where pi is
exactly 3, on television?
>Would some well read person please give me an opinion on this.
C&J
Chucky & Janica
Jan 18, 2012, 3:28:03 AM1/18/12
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On Sun, 15 Jan 2012 03:55:16 -0800 (PST), maj <maj1...@dodo.com.au>
wrote:
>
to definitely read some of them. There are 30 or so to choose from.
Some are a bit silly and slapstick, others less humourous and more
philosophical, but they're all pretty good in my opinion.
The Night Watch books are my favourites (Pratchett has a selection of
characters to call on, and the main character of a book tends to
dictate what facet of the Discworld the story will be about: Vimes =
Night Watch / crime; Granny Weatherwax = Witches / mythology;
Rincewind = Wizards / running around randomly being scared of things).
C&J
wrote:
>
>If Going Postal is a fair adaption as you say then I may read some of
>the
>books when WOT finishes. Thanks.
If this was what you were wondering about, then I would say you ought
>the
>books when WOT finishes. Thanks.
to definitely read some of them. There are 30 or so to choose from.
Some are a bit silly and slapstick, others less humourous and more
philosophical, but they're all pretty good in my opinion.
The Night Watch books are my favourites (Pratchett has a selection of
characters to call on, and the main character of a book tends to
dictate what facet of the Discworld the story will be about: Vimes =
Night Watch / crime; Granny Weatherwax = Witches / mythology;
Rincewind = Wizards / running around randomly being scared of things).
C&J
maj
Jan 18, 2012, 6:16:24 AM1/18/12
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On Wed, Jan 18 2012 7:28 pm
Chucky & Janica <janica.hin...@kolumbus.fi>
wrote:
Thank you for your comment.
maj
Chucky & Janica <janica.hin...@kolumbus.fi>
wrote:
>>Would some well read person please give me an opinion on this.
>Oh, read this bit last. Do I count?
>C&J
Of course you count. Any Lucid answer is most welcome.
>C&J
Thank you for your comment.
maj
Chucky & Janica
Jan 28, 2012, 2:20:36 AM1/28/12
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On Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:16:24 -0800 (PST), maj <maj1...@dodo.com.au>
C&J
wrote:
>>>Would some well read person please give me an opinion on this.
>
>>Oh, read this bit last. Do I count?
>
>>>Would some well read person please give me an opinion on this.
>
>>Oh, read this bit last. Do I count?
>
>Of course you count. Any Lucid answer is most welcome.
>Thank you for your comment.
Any time!
>Thank you for your comment.
C&J
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